AVP: Day 2

On the beach day two was just as exciting, if not more so, than day one. We had a few t-storms this morning, but they had passed by 11am, and I had another great day of sun, sand, and talking to some of the nicest players in the sport (not to mention best looking...).

I picked up a mini-official vball and collected signatures (also a really good excuse to talk to all of the boys) from the players, and every one of them was so excited to give away their autograph. And, Nick Lucena (mia for this pic) called me Coach today (Tami, who I am here with, played on my 18's team last season & knows Nick so she told him I was her coach... to explain where he got that from) - he may have just forgotten my actual name, but it was still pretty much the highlight of my day.

Yes, that IS Phil Dalhausser (#1 player... in the world) hiding in the back of this pic. He's 6'9" and a wall at the net. I felt so short when we were taking this!

The last Men's game of the day was Dalhausser/ Rogers vs. Lucena/ Williams. The ref called hands on Dalhausser and Rogers cranked the ball into the VIP section at the top of the stadium - it was crazy. Dalhausser & Rogers won the match in two games.

First game tomorrow begins at 1030, I can't wait.

**Lance - pics are uploading to flickr right now! I took "bursts" of pics - so a lot of them are sequences of a single play. There are some really good ones of the boys serving and blocking :o)